Project Goals: List your project goals here (same list of goals as those listed on the project summary page)
1. Team members learn about the new Common Core State Standards for Literacy, Speaking and Listening, examing how the Paideia seminar cycle can be used to address multiple standards.
2. The Fellows team will develop at least four new seminar plans aligned with academic content, including strong pre and post seminar literacy activities. The team will also facilitate the sharing of these Paideia plans and implementation grade-level and school-wide.
3. Student literacy and communication skills improve after participation in multiple Paideia seminar cycles over the course of the school year.
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Assessment Tool
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example: Attend PD session on classroom management
Fellows learn and implement at least 3 new classroom discipline strategies this year.
October 3
all project Fellows
Exit survey at PD
Teacher satisfaction and skills learned at PD
3 of 5 Fellows who attended this PD reported on their exit survey that they acquired 2 new clasroom managment skills, 2 of 5 reported that they acquired 3 or more new skills
Attend professional development with Terry Roberts, National Paideia Center director. Fellows will also participate in district's professional development with new Common Core and NC Essential Standards.
Team members learn about the new Common Core State Standards for Literacy, Speaking and Listening, examing how the Paideia seminar cycle can be used to address multiple standards.
September 23 PD day; CCSS and NCES PD days 9/29 and 11/10. Grade level departmental collaborative meetings twice a month.
All Paideia Fellows.
Exit survey at PD.
Teacher satisfaction and skills learned at PD.
5 out of 7 Fellows attending PD reported deepened understanding of CCSS Standards and how Paideia seminar cycle addresses standards.
Read and discuss The Paideia Program by Mortimer Adler
Team members learn about the new Common Core State Standards for Literacy, Speaking and Listening, examing how the Paideia seminar cycle can be used to address multiple standards.
Book study throughout first semester, completed by December 15.
All Paideia Fellows.
Discussion page for book study.
Collaborate in work sessions to develop seminars. Dissemination during grade level and departmental meetings.
The Paideia Fellows team will develop at least four new seminar plans aligned with academic content, including strong pre and post seminar literacy activities. The team will also facilitate the sharing of these Paideia plans and implementation grade-level and school-wide.
Seminars developed during ACSF Fellows days(September and December) and grade level departmental collaborative meetings twice a month.
Text Evaluation Rubric
Quality seminar plans posted to AMS Intranet.
Creation of at least four new seminar plans including strong pre and post literacy activities.
Newly created school-wide seminar cycles are taught throughout AMS during the 2011-2012 school year.
Student literacy and communication skills improve after participation in multiple Paideia seminar cycles over the course of the school year.
School-wide Paideia seminars conducted October, February, and April.
Student survey about instructional delivery; student self-assessment of seminar skills; post-seminar writing activities.
Student investment in Paideia seminar; student literacy and seminar skills; writing skills.
70% of students report a stronger investment in Paideia seminar compared to other instructional methods; 80% of students report improvement in seminar skills; 80% of students produce higher quality writing in the seminar cycles compared to content writing tasks without seminar.
Newly created content seminar cycles are taught throughout AMS during the 2011-2012 school year.
Student literacy and communication skills improve after participation in multiple Paideia seminar cycles over the course of the school year.
All science teachers using seminar cycles in November, all L.A./S.S. teachers using seminar cycles in January, all math teachers using seminar cycles in March, and all exploratory teachers using seminar cycles in April. Paideia Fellows may individually teach additional content seminars.
Student survey about instructional delivery; student self-assessment of seminar skills; post-seminar writing activities.
Student investment in Paideia seminar; student literacy and seminar skills; writing skills.
70% of students report a stronger investment in Paideia seminar compared to other instructional methods; 80% of students report improvement in seminar skills; 80% of students produce higher quality writing in the seminar cycles compared to content writing tasks without seminar.
List your project goals here (same list of goals as those listed on the project summary page)
1. Team members learn about the new Common Core State Standards for Literacy, Speaking and Listening, examing how the Paideia seminar cycle can be used to address multiple standards.
2. The Fellows team will develop at least four new seminar plans aligned with academic content, including strong pre and post seminar literacy activities. The team will also facilitate the sharing of these Paideia plans and implementation grade-level and school-wide.
3. Student literacy and communication skills improve after participation in multiple Paideia seminar cycles over the course of the school year.
List which project goal (from this list at the top of this page) this activity is linked to.
List exact dates where possible (update with exact dates as determiend).
How will you measure the success of this activity? (for activities that won't be measured write N/A)
What data will be collected to document student or teacher learning from this activity? (for activities that won't be measured write N/A)
What are the desired results from this activity?
Once activity has been completed fill in actual results from activity.